FROM CONSULTATION TO
COMMISSIONING: THE
SERVOMEX SYSTEMS JOURNEY
RICHARD BOBECK, SERVOMEX SYSTEM ENGINEERING
MANAGER, WALKS US THROUGH THE SYSTEM BUILD PROCESS
When it comes to systems, Servomex implicitly understands our
customers are looking for solutions that solve problems. These could be
productivity issues, cost challenges, or compliance requirements. That’s
why we approach the creation of a new system from a problem-solving
perspective at the outset. That way we deliver the reliable, cost-effective
system that ensures you meet your operational goals.
SAFETY FIRST, EVERY TIME
OUR SYSTEMS ARE EXPERT, RESILIENT & COMPLIANT
Hazardous areas are defined as any place where an explosive
atmosphere may occur in quantities sufficient to require special
precautions to protect the safety of workers. Area classification –
such as an ATEX or IECEx rating – indicates the minimum design
requirements for personnel safety, process operation safety, and
environmental impacts.
Servomex expertise and applications knowledge ensures that the
system we build meets the correct specifications for components
and performance, delivering safe operation.
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CONSULTATION
BUILDING THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP
Development of a Servomex
system requires genuine
partnership between our systems
team and our customers. To ensure
we build a close relationship, we
assign a dedicated team to each
project. Our experts stay in place
throughout that project, ensuring
customers maintain consistent,
accessible points of contact.
Project timescales vary significantly
depending on the scope and
size of the project, plant, unit,
applications specifications and
other requirements. For a typical
small analyzers and cal/val panels,
two to three months to deliver;
for analyzers in enclosures, three
to four months to deliver; for
analyzers in a three-sided shelter,
five to six months to deliver and
complete analyzer shelters, seven
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to ten months. We often think a
systems scope clarification begins
with the consultation process,
but increasingly we find it starts
earlier, with our team members
involved during the analyzer
system bidding process. consider: hazardous or safe
area classifications, the process
pressure and temperature
variables, stream composition
and measured components, and
ambient conditions that can
influence the measurements.
This earlier level of customer
contact means that not only do
clients get a clearer idea of our
systems capabilities from the
outset, but our experts get
a greater understanding of
specific customer requirements
surrounding their project. Other factors to consider include
the number of sample points,
the locations of the sample taps
and the distance of the sample
lines to the analyzer system. Also
single or multi-phase processes
and where the sampling point is
located in the unit(s).
A key outcome of the consultation
stage is determining parameters
that need to be met by the system.
The required gas measurements
are our starting point, but we
have many other variables to Serviceability and maintainability
are critical considerations to a
well thought out design and
build for each analyzer system
that meets the most rigorous
customer expectations.
Servomex has a detailed
technical questionnaire that
helps the customer and our team
together to focus on all the
key plant, unit and application
information needed to design an
analyzer system. This will ensure
the system meets customers
specifications, environmental and
safety requirements, and
perform successfully.
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